Patrick Bensard, "Le Mystère Babilée"
PATRICK BENSART TALK -
SCREENING
FLUX Laboratory welcomes Patrick Bensard, director of the Cinémathèque de la Danse, and the screening of his movie "Le Mystère Babilée" ("The Babilée Mystery") . It recounts the exceptional career path of Jean Babilée, artist often qualified as the "enfant terrible of dance". To follow this life path, the movie consists of numerous testimonies including the ones of Christian Lacroix, Jean-Paul Goude, Yvette Chauvirée and Maurice Béjart, as well as many extracts of choreographies.
"Le Mystère Babilée", 2000 (90 min.)
Film director: Patrick Bensard
Production: Chaine Muzzik (Bruno Deloye), Lieurac Productions (François Le Bayon, Héléna Van Dantzig)
With: Jean Babilée, Jean Cocteau, Maurice Béjart, Jean Paul Goude, Christian Lacroix, Leslie Caron, Yvette Chauviré, Nathalie Philippart, Jacqueline Gutman, Brigitte Lefèvre, Michael Barychnikov et Roland Petit
Shooting: Paris, New York, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat
TV broadcasting: French Film Library in Chaillot, New York, Mexico, Pékin, Moscou.